Sam Snead Quotes about Golf - Page 2

Golf is played with the arms.

If I could have shot 69 in the last round every time, I would have won nine U.S. Opens. Nine!

These greens are so fast I have to hold my putter over the ball and hit it with the shadow.

Over the years I've studied the habits of golfers. I know what to look for. Watch their eyes. Fear shows up when there is an enlargement of the pupils. Big pupils lead to big scores.

If I had cleared the trees and drove the green, it would've been a great shot.

There are no short hitters on the tour anymore - just long and unbelievably long.

What did I want with prestige? The British Open paid the winner $600 in American money. A man would have to be two hundred years old at that rate to retire from golf.

Nobody asked how you looked, just what you shot.

But you don't have to go up in the stands and play your foul balls. I do.

When I ask you what club to use, look the other way and don't answer.

Good golfing temperament falls between taking it with a grin or shrug and throwing a fit.

The fact that Slammin' Sammy couldn't win the Open made it all the more valuable for the players that did win. Gave it a special quality. I'd say a part of the sheen on that trophy comes from my sweat.

The fairways were so narrow you had to walk down them single file.

I've gotten rid of the yips four times but they hang in there. You know those two-foot downhill putts with a break? I'd rather see a rattlesnake.

The only place that's holier than St. Andrews is Westminster Abbey.

I believe in destiny...what's going to be is going to be. If I'm going to win, I'm going to win...I don't give a damn what the other guy shoots. I'm going to win if it's my turn.

I was a better player at 50 than I was at 30.

I've said a thousand times, you can't go into a shop and buy a good golf game.

The only thing I fear on a golf course is lightning...and Ben Hogan.

Just have a Coke or something and watch the boys go past.

But, no, I don't feel my career has not been fulfilled because I didn't win the US Open. It's like the guy said: You going to crucify a man because he missed a putt to win a tournament? Does a three-foot putt mean his whole life? Another guy said, well, he couldn't win the big one. Well, Jesus, what do you call those others? What's big and what's small?

I hope I'll never get too old to want to take part in this event, and I don't think I will ever age that much.

To quit between tee and green is more habit-forming than drinking a highball before breakfast.